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2014 Learning and Liberation: The Power of a Sociological Imagination

May 23, 2014

Location Information4-5 p.m. @ Alvord Theatre

Sociology Professor Angela Stroud will give the "last lecture" for Northland College on ""Learning and Liberation: The Poser of a Sociological Imagination" Friday, May 23 at 4 p.m. at the Alvord Theatre. The public is invited. To describe the content of her lecture Stroud said: "In his famous essay on the importance of thinking sociologically, C. Wright Mills said that developing a sociological imagination compels people “to feel as if [they are] suddenly awakened in a house with which they had only supposed themselves to be familiar.” This feeling, that the world is much more complex than we might have previously assumed, is what many students experience when they first take courses in sociology. Though it can be disconcerting to question one’s basic assumptions—why does society operate as it does? How does it impact the way I think of myself and others?—this line of thinking opens us up to new ways of imagining the world and our place in it. In this talk, I will discuss why a sociological imagination is liberating, and I will explore how it challenges us to believe that a better world is possible."